Curtain-rod bracket



Sept. 23, 1924. 1,509,390

N. J. BISHOP CURTAIN ROD BRACKET Filed Oct. 9, 1922- Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES NEWTON J. BISHOP, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CURTAIN-ROD BRACKET.

Application filed October 9, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON J. BISHOP,

a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Rod Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain rod brackets.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient attaching bracket for mounting a curtain rod on a window frame without marring it in any way.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in '15 view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details-of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood 2'! that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a rod supported by brackets constructed in accordance with this invention, shown applied, the curtain being omitted.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the window frame with the rod brackets shown applied and in plan, and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the bracket constituting this invention.

In the embodiment illustrated, the curtain rod comprises a heavy wire 1 with eyes 2 and 3 at its opposite ends with which are connected heavy coiled springs 4: and 5. These springs 4t and 5 are also provided with terminal eyes, those at one end being engaged with theeyes 2 and 3 of the rod 1 and those at the other end being connected with attaching brackets 6 and 16 which will presently be described.

Each of these brackets is exactly alike in construction, and hence only one will be described in detail.

The bracket 6 which like bracket 16 is composed of a single piece of stiff wire bent to form a substantially triangular body 7 which is designed to lie flat against the front face of the window frame with the Serial No. 593,329.

' pointed ends 12 thereof facing inwardly or toward each other. One end 8 extends laterally outward from about midway the lengthof the base of said member and in the same plane and is provided at its end with an inturned pointed hook 9 adapted to be engaged with the edge of the window frame as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.

The other end member of the wire is looped around the member 8 as shown at 8 and extends in a plane at right angles to the member 8, forming an outstanding supporting rod 10 equipped at its free end with an eye 11 with which the eye at the other end of the spring at that side of the frame is designed to be engaged. In the application of this rod, the brackets 6 and 16 are laid with the body members 7 fiat against the outer faces of the opposed sides of the window frame as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with their elongated pointed ends extending inward and the hooks 9 at their diametrically opposite sides embedded in the side edges of the frame. This mounting of the brackets operates to place the rod 1 under tension so that it will be held taut to support the curtain to be mounted thereon and the pull being on the bases of the triangles will cause the pointed ends 12 to 0perate as fulcrums and together with the wings on opposite sides of the median line thereof operate to prevent turning of the bracket under strain and the consequent pulling out of the books 9.

The stiff coiled springs 4 and 5 obviously may be stretched to adapt the rod to fit windows of varying widths without necessitating any adjustment of the parts. This rod may be cheaply constructed and sold at a low price and will not noticeably mar the window frame on which it is mounted, being easily applied and removed without requiring any nails, screws or the like.

I claim A rod supporting bracket of the class described comprising a single piece of wire bent to form a substantially triangular body with an arm extending longitudinally therefrom in the same plane midway one side of said triangle and equipped with a frame engaging hook, and a second arm extending in a plane at right angles to the first. men- In testimony that I claim the foregoing tioned arm and coiled at its base to provide as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa- 10 an eye through which said first mentioned ture in the presence of two witnesses.

arm extends, said second arm having an eye at its free end to receive the rod to be sup- NEWTON BISHOP ported the two remaining sides of the tri- Witnesses: angle meeting at a point located opposite A. C. ROECKLE,

and remote from the junction of said arms. CLARENCE SCHAEFFER. 

